Sotigui Kouyaté

In London River (2009), Kouyate plays Ousmane, a father searching for his son after the London bombings of July 2005. His restrained presence forms a moving counterpoint to Brenda Blethyn's anxious mother as the strangers try to discover what happened to their children. The Malian-born Burkinabe actor brings a career of storytelling and performance to an intimate diaspora drama. Choose it for a performance built around listening, patience and the terrible uncertainty of waiting.